Weathering the Storm: Ben Enwonwu’s Biafrascapes and the Crisis in the Nigerian Postcolony
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Lecznar, Matthew
Date published
2018
Abstract
This article appraises Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu’s contribution to postcolonial modernism in Nigeria through an analysis of his artistic responses to the Nigeria-Biafra war (1967–70). It argues that Enwonwu’s varied ‘Biafrascapes’, which include portraits, landscapes and paintings featuring mythopoetic imagery, reflect his struggle to ethically convey the conflict’s complex realities and legacies.
Journal title
Tate Papers
Issue
30
Publisher
Tate
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
1753-9854
Collection